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Price check on O'Day sails and cushions? vtsailguy at 6:49pm 12.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1204 Not sure if its the right place, mods move if not. I have two sets of items from a totaled boat a
Scared to pull dummy plugs drumbeater at 6:45pm 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3116 Our "auction" Pearson has old SR depth and knot meters. I'm going to power them up soon and see if t
Hunter 34 : A new layout (4) Guillaume C. at 6:22pm 12.04.12 Big Boats 6/3472 Hello, I have completed my new boat interior and tough fellow H34 owner might be interested to see t
Moving fuel tank on Oday 28 Drift Away Boatsail1 at 6:06pm 12.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/882 :confused:
bottom paint teammt at 4:28pm 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 16/3016 This year has seen a lot of slime on the bottom. The good news is that there is very little room for
New Arch for an Older Hunter? neilleparkerjr at 10:37am 12.04.12 Big Boats 6/2424 Has anyone out there installed a new traveller arch on a .5 Legend series Hunter (or any model for t
Keel cracking on a catslina 30 sailsupnwegone at 9:56am 12.04.12 Catalina 30 3/2389 I'm told on top of the keel to the bottom of boat they have what is referred to as a Catalina smile.
Outboard for 217S Herbert at 9:54am 12.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/996 I have a Beneteau 217S ' would like to fit an electric start outboard. The lightest I can find is a
S2 8.0 cockpit cushions timtim at 8:09am 12.04.12 S2 4/1991 Looking to buy cushions and wanted to know what everyone else likes and what size fits best. Also li
Sun Glasses Rasselas36 at 8:08am 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 51/9728 I am buying a Christmas present and I am interested in your opinion as to the best brand of sunglass
Need Advice Adding A Wind Instrument To My Hunter 34 Joe Mullee at 7:42am 12.04.12 Big Boats 14/5634 I don't have a wind instrument and I'd like to add one. In the last two years I installed a Raymarin
270 V Berth kenh at 6:46am 12.04.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/3417 My wife and I are considering buying a 270, the aft cabin looks kind of claustraphobic, especially t
Kinda sorta sailing related DannyS at 5:07am 12.04.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2180 I'm not sure that landing in the sailboat was better or worse than going in the drink. http://youtu
Will Miss the 26D. Seen a Mac 19 for sale? MacNCheese at 3:42am 12.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3248 As most of you know, I had put my Mac 26D up for sale to fund the purchase of my next boat, a Mac 19
423 mast Rob Spicer at 3:32am 12.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3236 Does anyone know if the 423's were ever fitting with a shorter mast .
HAPS Cruise To Bell Harbor - April 12-14 thubbard84 at 10:05pm 12.03.12 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 4/3030 I would like to make reservations at Bell Harbor Marina ASAP for the HAPS April rendezvous. I need t
Cayo Costa State Park (4) patrickfarley at 8:04pm 12.03.12 Destinations 34/21471 A friend of mine takes her family to Cayo Costa every year for Christmas vacation. She will not mak
Shoaldrafter's Photos Roger Long at 6:36pm 12.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 15/7683 Shoaldrafter took these pictures of Strider going by a couple days ago. I believe they were taken ju
boom length on C30 drazlou at 5:19pm 12.03.12 Catalina 30 2/6051 The boom on my C30 MkII is at least 18" longer than the foot of the mainsail. Does anyone know why t
Raising H23 Up from Trailer (1) carboman at 5:13pm 12.03.12 Smaller Boats 9/2681 I need to raise my H23 up maybe a foot so I can finish the bottom of the keel. Any ideas? The atta

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Dealing with water spots on cove stripe stickinthemud57 at 12:18pm 01.09.23 The Meguiars products are great. I was hunting around for my #49 Oxidation Remover and could not fin
Reefing Sail Trim jssailem at 12:16pm 01.09.23 Sailing at extreme heel and rudder angle may feel fast, but usually is slow. Not only is it slow b
Dealing with water spots on cove stripe (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:13pm 01.09.23 As far as gel coat stains on the hull, my first go to is : rub until hell freezes over without dang
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? jssailem at 12:09pm 01.09.23 THis link may help... https://marinehowto.com/automatic-charging-relays
H240 bulkhead thickness (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:52am 01.09.23 Take a look at Chicago screws for step one : of decorative metal backing plate on the opposite side
Bearing Cap rusted tight Crazy Dave Condon at 11:46am 01.09.23 Thank you all for helping with your advice. If the poster wishes me to contact him, please advise.
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Crazy Dave Condon at 11:40am 01.09.23 The plans for the 23,5 as a dealer came from me and the mast raise system was my design. I was invo
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? dkinzer at 11:22am 01.09.23 You might want to change this over to a Blue Seas ACR. Yes, that is exactly what I'm considering.
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? artboas at 11:12am 01.09.23 The solenoid is activated by the key switch. You might want to change this over to a Blue Seas ACR.
Dometic Refrigerator Update kappykaplan at 11:11am 01.09.23 Sweet!
Reefing Sail Trim BarryL at 10:43am 01.09.23 Hi, This is a good topic. A few points from me: In use my boat for day sails, weekend or longer cr
Reefing Sail Trim DArcy at 10:16am 01.09.23 The answer very much depends on the sail being reefed and on the point of sail. A slab reefed main w
Reefing Sail Trim shemandr at 10:11am 01.09.23 The main sail trim goal I have for a reefed main is to make sure the leech reef line pulls the foot
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? DArcy at 9:58am 01.09.23 @Prairie Virgin Sailor are you interested in the boat license or operator license? n the second pa
New sailing toy for Christmas Allan12210 at 9:58am 01.09.23 That clock is wrong if you are retired... Then it is 6 Saturdays and 1 Sunday. Our site superviso
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Leeward Rail at 9:50am 01.09.23 The guy turned around and drove over it. Is there a chance it resembled his wife ? My wife did t
Reefing Sail Trim Davidasailor26 at 9:46am 01.09.23 I think one of the key considerations both when approaching reefing conditions and after reefing is
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) DArcy at 9:46am 01.09.23 https://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/85924/1-1/adults-captain-yachty-costume.jpg @Gene Ne
Buying a Boat Outside Canada without a License ?? Prairie Virgin Sailor at 9:17am 01.09.23 Now that you believe you are focused on the UK, you can do some serious research. Here is a summary
Rain water through the mast OS2Dude at 9:17am 01.09.23 Went to my boat today and discovered that I have two little access panels on either side of the mas

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